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=====Configure DM Multipath to Ignore Local Disks=====
Details from Redhat Manual
  * Determine which disks are the internal disks and mark them as the ones to blacklist. In this example, /dev/sda is the internal disk. Note that as originally configured in the default multipath configuration file, executing the **multipath -v2** shows the local disk, **/dev/sda**, in the multipath map.<code>
# multipath -v2
create: SIBM-ESXSST336732LC____F3ET0EP0Q000072428BX1 undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=33 GB features="0" hwhandler="0" wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 0:0:0:0 sda 8:0  [--------- 

device-mapper ioctl cmd 9 failed: Invalid argument
device-mapper ioctl cmd 14 failed: No such device or address
create: 3600a0b80001327d80000006d43621677 undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:0 sdb 8:16  undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:0 sdf 8:80 undef ready  running

create: 3600a0b80001327510000009a436215ec undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:1 sdc 8:32 undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:1 sdg 8:96 undef ready  running

create: 3600a0b80001327d800000070436216b3 undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:2 sdd 8:48 undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:2 sdg 8:112 undef ready  running

create: 3600a0b80001327510000009b4362163e undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:3 sdd 8:64 undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:3 sdg 8:128 undef ready  running </code>
  * In order to prevent the device mapper from mapping **/dev/sda** in its multipath maps, edit the blacklist section of the **/etc/multipath.conf** file to include this device. Although you could blacklist the **sda** device using a devnode type, that would not be safe procedure since /dev/sda is not guaranteed to be the same on reboot. To blacklist individual devices, you can blacklist using the WWID of that device. Note that in the output to the **multipath -v2** command, the WWID of the **/dev/sda** device is **SIBM-ESXSST336732LC____F3ET0EP0Q000072428BX1**. To blacklist this device, include the following in the **/etc/multipath.conf** file.<code>
blacklist {
      wwid SIBM-ESXSST336732LC____F3ET0EP0Q000072428BX1
}
</code>
  * After you have updated the **/etc/multipath.con**f file, you must manually tell the **multipathd** daemon to reload the file. The following command reloads the updated **/etc/multipath.conf** file.<code>
# service multipathd reload</code>
  * Run the following command to remove the multipath device:<code>
# multipath -f SIBM-ESXSST336732LC____F3ET0EP0Q000072428BX1</code>
  * To check whether the device removal worked, you can run the **multipath -ll** command to display the current multipath configuration. 
  * To check that the blacklisted device was not added back, you can run the **multipath** command, as in the following example. The **multipath** command defaults to a verbosity level of **v2** if you do not specify specify a **-v** option.<code>
# multipath

create: 3600a0b80001327d80000006d43621677 undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:0 sdb 8:16  undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:0 sdf 8:80 undef ready  running

create: 3600a0b80001327510000009a436215ec undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:1 sdc 8:32 undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:1 sdg 8:96 undef ready  running

create: 3600a0b80001327d800000070436216b3 undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:2 sdd 8:48 undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:2 sdg 8:112 undef ready  running

create: 3600a0b80001327510000009b4362163e undef WINSYS,SF2372
size=12G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=undef
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=undef
  |- 2:0:0:3 sdd 8:64 undef ready  running
  `- 3:0:0:3 sdg 8:128 undef ready  running</code>